Senior Cost Analyst

AbbVie • Tempe, AZ

20h

About The Position

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on X , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube , LinkedIn and Tik Tok . The Tempe manufacturing site finance is responsible for the financial control, reporting, and analysis of the Tempe Device Manufacturing Operation. The team provides financial support to manufacturing operations as well as Quality Assurance, Maintenance and Engineering, Materials Management, and BTS support functions. The Senior Cost Analyst is responsible for financial accounting, cost allocation, collection of data, and preparation of reports that maintain AbbVie’s cost accounting systems for businesses supported.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 4+ year’s related accounting experience required with at least 1 year in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Familiarity with standard cost variances analysis preferred.
• Experience in SAP and HFM preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.
• CPA/MBA desirable.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and develops drafts of annual Plan, LRP and LBEs as required.
• Ensures complete, accurate and timely monthly actual results, including variance analysis and commentary.
• Understands monthly results and communicates issues versus benchmarks to plant management.
• Financial support for Plan and Update.
• Actuals/LBE (Latest Best Estimate) preparation.
• Review and understand variances from Plan/Update/LBE.
• Provide mid-month analysis of actuals and trend against LBE to plant management.
• Responsible for assisting Operations team in the identification of areas for cost reductions and operational improvements, annual budget process, periodic forecasting and periodic analysis of operations performance.
• Prepare, coordinate, and develop standards for assigned products or cost centers, and ensure timely communication of information.
• Prepare and analyze journal entries and account reconciliations as needed during month-end close process to maintain appropriate internal controls.
• Provide ad hoc analysis to support complex decision making.
• Leads plant reviews and understands the growth/performance of their business and analyzes variances of actuals vs benchmark
• Responds to requests for internal audit, external audit and intercompany billing for tax allocation purposes under guidance of a manager.

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior